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Guinea-Bissau President Dissolves Government In Crisis

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Guinea-Bissau’s President Jose Mario Vaz dissolved the government on Monday in an attempt to solve a political succession crisis that has paralysed the tiny west African state.

Guinea-Bissau has been in the throes of a power struggle since August 2015, when Vaz sacked then prime minister Domingos Simoes Pereira, leader of the ruling African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC).

Two factions of the ruling PAIGC have failed to resolve their differences over Pereira’s successor, Baciro Dja, since he was given the job in June, with some lawmakers refusing to work with him.

The president said he was dismissing Dja’s administration to follow through on an agreement reached between both sides in neighbouring Guinea last month, with a view to ending the crisis.

“Putting into action the Conakry accord means the government resigning,” Vaz told gathered journalists in the capital, Bissau.

“This agreement did not provide for a unanimous choice of prime minister but one by consensus, and consensus has not been reached, forcing me as head of state and guardian of the constitution to take my responsibilities,” the president said.

This would involve “dismissing the government and naming a new prime minister who will be charged with forming an inclusive government to pull the country out of this crisis”, he added.

The timeframe for naming the new prime minister was not fixed during Vaz’s declaration, but, when contacted by AFP, a source at the presidency said this was likely “in the next few hours”.

President Vaz said that negotiations with 15 dissenting lawmakers last week had not succeeded, adding that without them the Conakry accord could not be fully implemented.

Talks mediated by Guinean President Alpha Conde had envisaged naming a new prime minister, putting together an “inclusive” government and reintegrating the lawmakers into the PAIGC.

A delegation from west Africa’s ECOWAS regional bloc demanded on November 6 that Vaz name a new prime minister and deal with the dissenting deputies with the aim of resuming parliament’s normal functions.

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Court Dissolves 12 Year Old Marriage Over Attempted Child Sacrifice

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A Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan on Friday dissolved a 12-year-old marriage between an Ibadan-based businesswoman, Sekinat and her husband Raufu Abdulakeem, over attempted child sacrifice.

The President of the court, Mr Ademola Odunade, held that there was nothing the court could do since Sekinat and Raufu had both concluded to part ways.

Odunade, however, awarded custody of the two children produced by the union to Sekinat for proper motherly care.

He directed Raufu to pay a monthly feeding allowance of N3,000 for the upkeep of each of the two children in addition to been responsible for their education and other welfare.

Sekinat had said that Raufu sent her away from the house in order to offer their 11-year-old child for sacrifice.

“My lord, after Raufu, had sent me packing from his home more than a year ago, I came across our 11-year-old child recently and I saw multiple razor mutilation all over his body.

“It was a gory site to behold and I immediately became apprehensive of what my two children were undergoing in my absence with Raufu.

“Then, the child told me that his father, Raufu took him to a ritualist who compelled him to carry some sacrificial objects at 1:00 a.m. after designing his body parts with razor mutilation.

“The boy further said that his father, Raufu, had alleged that he was trying to prevent him from further stealing and that was the reason for the sacrifice.

“My lord, the fundamental questions at this point is that Raufu is an Alfa with strong Islamic background, what is his association with a herbalist and making a child at that tender age to undergo such a midnight exercise.

“Before sending me out of his house, Raufu had subjected me to such dehumanising experiences such as regular battery and inadequate care for I and the two children.

“I have all along been responsible for the welfare of the children and I want to have custody of all the children because he might use them for ritual,” Sekinat stressed.

Raufu, however, denied the allegation.

He acknowledged that it was true that he took his son to a ritualist and the intention was to cure him of the spirit of stealing in him.

“My lord, he is my son, I cannot use him for anything negative, but to take care of his spiritual deficiency,” Raufu said.

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Court Dissolves 83 Day Old Marriage In Ibadan

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A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Wednesday dissolved an 83-day-old marriage between Pa Owolabi Alowonle and his wife, Idia, for deception. Alowonle, 70, a surveyor was a widower before he married Idia, who was a widow.

The President of the court, Mr Hentic Agbaje, held that both Alowonle and Idia based their rush into marriage on infatuation and the urge to satisfy their selfish ambitions. “I don’t exactly understand why two elderly persons who are already widow and widower should carelessly rush into a marriage without proper knowledge of one another.

“Well, I only wish both of you good as you have both accepted dissolution of the union. Therefore, in the interest of peaceful coexistence, the 83-day-old union between Alowonle and Idia has ceased to be henceforth,” he said.

He, however, directed Alowonle to provide a cash of N12,000 for Idia’s accommodation and another N2,000 for the movement of her belongings within seven days.

Earlier, in his petition, Alowonle, told the court that Idia was causing disharmony in his house as well as being a threat to his life. “My lord, ever since Idia got to my home on May 18 this year, she has been doing everything possible to put an end to my life by not giving me rest of mind.

“She has been causing serious disharmony among my tenants who were peaceful before she married me. She and her daughter from time to time fight and gossip around the house giving unfounded information of one tenant to the other.

“As if that is not enough, Idia incited her daughter against me to abuse and break the long existing regulations I imposed on the house for peaceful coexistence of the tenants and my family.

“I barred any form of singing of religious songs which I know could cause problems among Muslim and Christian tenants.

“However, the daughter she brought from her late husband deliberately started singing in the house. In fact, Idia and her daughter have no respect for me,” Alowonle explained.

Idia, who did not deny any of the allegations, welcomed the divorce suit.

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Husband Battering: Court Dissolves 33 Year Old Marriage

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Unable to withstand further beatings from his wife of 33 years, Emmanuel Osuya , 58, on Wednesday secured a divorce from the battering woman, Abigail.
“My wife wants to kill me, she beats me almost every day with dangerous weapons. On three occasions, she broke my leg, preventing me from going out for days.

“Due to her frequent beating, I got paralysed in 2012 and that made the beating unabated,’’ the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quotes Osuya as pleading.
An Igando Customary Court in Lagos dissolved the marriage, as its president, Mr Adegboyega Omilola said he was convinced that the couple could no longer live together as the petitioner insisted on divorce after several interventions.
“The court has no choice than to dissolve the union in spite of the fact that the wife still claims she loves her husband.
“The couple can no longer stay together because the marriage has broken down totally: both parties are no longer husband and wife, they are free to go their separate ways,” Omilola ruled.
Osuya, a retired civil servant, had approached the court to dissolve his 33-year-old marriage over alleged battering by his wife.
Osuya said that Abigail, with whom he had five children, was always threatening his life through battering, and that he was afraid she might kill him one day.
Osuya also accused his wife of turning his children against him, thereby making them to hate him.
“Abigail succeeded in creating enmity between me and my children, she tells them false and damaging stories about me in order for them to hate me.
“So, my children only care for her by sending her money and other items every month, without extending their love to me. They always ignore me as if I do not exist,’’ the battered husband said.
The petitioner also described his wife as a thief that was always stealing his money, rendering him financially broke.
He said it became so bad that he could no more keep money at home because of his wife’s penchant for stealing.
“She is not always satisfied with the money I give her, in spite of the fact that my children always send her money every month,’’ the petitioner said.
Osuya added that Abigail also starved him of food and sex.
He appealed to the court to dissolve the marriage, saying that “I am no longer interested in the marriage, I don’t want to die now, more so that I am out of love’’.
The respondent also said that she had never stolen her husband’s money.
The mother of five added that she used to cook for her husband whenever he gave her money for food.
She begged the court not to grant her husband’s prayer that she was still in love with him.

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Court Dissolves 2 Years Marriage Over Deceit, Laziness

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A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Tuesday dissolved a two-year-old marriage between Bolaji, a banker and her husband, Tope Adeniyi, over laziness and deception into marriage

The presiding president of the court, Mr Henric Agbaje, held that what had just happened should be a big lesson to young ladies and even men.

Agbaje said that they should try as much as possible to distinguish between appearance and reality.
He added that the establishment of an enduring marriage institution transcends mere mouth making in order to put a woman in the house.

“In the interest of peace and tranquility, the court has put an end to the union between Bolaji and Adeniyi.
He awarded custody of the two-year-old child to Bolaji and ordered Adeniyi to N5,000 monthly feeding allowance for the upkeep of the child and his other welfare.

In her petition to the court, Bolaji said that Adeniyi deceived her into a hopeless marriage, painting a picture of what he was not.
“We met each other just at the time when I was just starting my NYSC, making all the promises in this world.

“Adeniyi with his sugar-coated mouth told me that he was a well paid worker of an oil company in Port Harcourt and he did go there often in my presence.

“I eventually got pregnant for him, he then took me to an hotel for our honeymoon and I was surprised that we didn’t go to his home for the honeymoon.

“I received further shock when his elder brother invited us into his apartment to live there for sometimes.

“After six months, his brother’s wife stylishly drove me out when she started misbehaving towards me because we were staying too long in their house.
“With my job as a banker, I started taking responsibility of most of the things, including feeding and furnishing the house.
“Worst still, Adeniyi took to unleashing mayhem on me at any slightest disagreement as well as destroying my property.

“Then, one day, I moved to my parents’ home telling them how providence has brutally changed my life.
“As a matter of fact, Adeniyi had no qualification because he had no higher education, had no job, but dresses well because his brother works with an oil company and sometimes gave him money.

“For more than a year now, we have been staying apart,” Bolaji explained.
Adeniyi, who had no explanation to deny all the allegations rejected the divorce request.
“My lord, I love Bolaji and I don’t want to divorce her for the reason of love and because of our child who might suffer.

“Bolaji’s father had told both of us that he is not interested in any divorce and that anyone who wants to divorce should just write him a letter and not the court process,” Adeniyi said.

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Court Dissolves Marriage Over Constant Battering

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A Customary Court in Osogbo, Osun State, has dissolved a marriage of eight years between a trader, Mrs. Adedeji Suliyat, and her husband, Mr. Adedeji Teslim, who is a shoe-maker, over the husband’s constant beating of his wife.

Suliyat who dragged her husband to court accused him of lack of care for both her and their two children, including absence of peace in their matrimonial home.

“I have reported him to his parents but they told me they were less concerned and that we should sort ourselves out since we agreed to marry ourselves,” Suliyat added.

Teslim, however, denied his wife’s claims but agreed to have the marriage dissolved, saying Suliyat turned him into a shoe-maker.

“I was doing well and living comfortably in Lagos before she made me lose my job due to her constant trouble, now I am just managing myself but things are hard, I even find it hard to eat sometimes,” he said.

After listening to both parties, the president of the court, Chief Gabriel Oparanti, dissolved the marriage with immediate effect.

He, however, implored the husband to take the welfare of his children seriously despite the divorce.

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Coup In Burkina Faso As Military Dissolves Government

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The military in Burkina Faso has announced the dissolution of the country’s transitional government, a day after presidential guards arrested the interim president and prime minister.

President Michel Kafando and Prime Minister Yacouba Zida were detained by soldiers who stormed an afternoon Cabinet meeting, plunging the poor West African country into chaos and uncertainty.

The coup comes days before the country’s first election since last year’s ouster of long-serving ruler, Blaise Compaore.

Mr. Compoare was deposed in a popular uprising in 2014.

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Buhari Dissolves AMCON Mgt Team

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the dissolution of the executive management team of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON).

A statement by the Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said Buhari also approved the reconstitution of a new management team for the corporation.

With the announcement, Mr. Mustapha Chike-Obi, the pioneer managing director of AMCON whose tenure was due to expire in November this year, has been replaced by Ahmed Lawan Kuru.

While the new executive directors (EDs) of the corporation are  Kola Ayeye, Eberechukwu Uneze and Aminu Ismail.

The three new EDs shall be replacing Mofoluke Benedicta Dosumu, Hewitt Adegboyega Benson and Abbas Mohammed Jega, who were appointed alongside Chike-Obi in 2010.

Before his appointment as the new chief executive of AMCON, Kuru was the immediate past Group Managing Director of Enterprise Bank Limited before it was sold to Heritage Bank Limited by AMCON.

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Ambode Dissolves Boards Of Agencies

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The Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has approved the dissolution of all boards of parastatals and agencies of the state government.

in a statement on Monday by Ambode’s Chief Press Secretary, Habib Aruna, the governor said the dissolution would take immediate effect.

Ambode, however, added that the Civil Service Commission, the Judicial Service Commission and the State Independent Electoral Commission were exempted.

The governor commended the contributions of the members of the dissolved boards, wishing them well in their future endeavours.

Meanwhile, the governor has also approved the appointment of Mrs. Abimbola Umar as the new Accountant General of the state.

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Gov. Wike Dissolves Rivers Election Body, Judicial Service Commission

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The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has dissolved the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission and the state Judicial Service Commission.

This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the governor’s media aide, Opunabo Inko-Tariah.

The statement said the governor ordered the immediate dissolution of both commissions relying upon the directive from the Rivers State House of Assembly which indicted them for official misconduct and recommended their dissolution.

It said Mr. Wike further directed the chairman of RSIEC to hand over to the most senior civil servant in the commission while the state Judicial Service commission was directed to hand over to the Acting
Chief Judge of the state.

Wada Dissolves Kogi House Of Assembly

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Governor Idris Wada of Kogi on Wednesday dissolved the 5th Kogii House of Assembly after completing the statutory four-year tenure from 2011 to 2015.

Wada performed the function at a valedictory session held to mark the end of the assembly inaugurated on March 3, 2011 at the Ibrahim Saba Assembly Complex in Lokoja.

The governor said that the constitution of the country empowered him to dissolve the house.

“I, Capt. Idris Wada, Governor of Kogi State by the powers conferred on me by Section 105(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) today make a proclamation that the 5th Kogi State House of Assembly as presently constituted, having successfully completed its mandate, stands dissolved.”

Earlier, the out-going Speaker, Momoh-Jimoh Lawal said: “For every endeavour there is a time to begin and a time to end…as tenants of the house, we must by the same proclamation, vacate our seats.”

Lawal said that the house had upheld the principle of Separation of Powers as enshrined in the constitution and carried out its oversight functions with the cooperation of other arms.

He said that no particular arm of government could carry out its functions without carrying the others along, adding that the success of one arm was dependent on the other and the failure of one is the failure of all.

“The legal framework makes governance a collective responsibility and cooperation, a crucial element in the administration of state.
The speaker, who was full of thanks to the governor, the legislators and staff, said in spite of daunting challenges, he could say with pride that the house in the past four years had achieved remarkable success.

“We have worked very hard, using the instrument of legislation and oversight machinery to drive the economy effectively and accelerate development of the state.”

Members took turns to make their valedictory speeches.

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Amosun Dissolves Cabinet

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Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State on Monday dissolved the State Executive Council. Amosun’s action is coming barely four days to the expiration of his first-term in office.

Those affected in the dissolution include the Secretary to the State Government, Chief of Staff, Commissioners, Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants, Special Advisers, Consultants and the Personal Assistants.

Addressing the last executive council meeting inside the council chamber in Oke Mosan, Amosun directed the appointees to hand over to the most senior civil servants in their respective ministries, department and agencies.

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Jonathan Dissolves Cabinet Tomorrow- Report

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According to Daily Trust, President Goodluck Jonathan will tomorrow dissolve his cabinet, barring last minute change of plan.

A presidency source told our correspondent yesterday that the president would dissolve the cabinet after a valedictory session scheduled to hold inside the Council Chambers of the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja, Wednesday morning.

The source also confirmed that the Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting would be the last in the life of the administration of President Jonathan.

He said the president would use the opportunity to thank his cabinet members and request prayers for the country. The valedictory council session, prayers would also be offered for the incoming government of General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).
Jonathan, who lost the March 28 presidential election to Muhammadu Buhari, is scheduled to hand over the affairs of the country to Buhari on May 29.

A member of Jonathan’s kitchen cabinet told our correspondent yesterday that all the ministers had received letters from the president since Friday thanking them for serving their father land.

The minister, who is from the South-West said the president emphasised in the letters that the Wednesday’s council meeting would be the last to be held under his stewardship.

He further disclosed that in compliance to a directive from Jonathan, all ministers were expected to hand over the affairs of their ministries to their respective permanent secretaries by Thursday.

The minister, who pleaded not to be mentioned, added that there would also be send-off ceremonies for ministers also on Thursday.  He said: “I can confirm to you that this Wednesday will mark the last Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting to be presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan. That is when Mr President will dissolve the cabinet.

“This is not catching us unawares. All of us have been duly informed. Mr President has sent letters to all of us who are his ministers. Mr President thanked us for having served the country meritoriously well together with him within the last few years.”

The Minister of Information, Senator Patricia Akwashiki, had told State House journalists after the April 15 FEC meeting that the last council meeting under Jonathan would hold on May 20 (tomorrow).

“…The last one (FEC meeting) that will be the valedictory one, on May 20”, the information minister had said then.
Ahead of the May 29 transition programme, the president had on April 15 also directed all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to submit their handover briefs to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) on or before April 20.

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